No. 814: May 2016 Consumer Price Index, Real Retail Sales and Earnings, FOMC
Watch Out for Heavy U.S. Dollar Selling, as the
U.S. Economy Continues to Sink and the FOMC Continues to Balk
May 2016 Annual Inflation Softened Across the Board:
CPI-U at 1.0%, CPI-W at 0.7%, ShadowStats at 8.7%
Headline Monthly CPI-U Rose by 0.22% Adjusted, 0.41% Unadjusted
Real Retail Sales Continued an Intense Recession Signal
Revised Real Earnings Now Are Down for Three Months Straight,
Indicating a Second-Quarter Contraction
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